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Kirsten, paws, fingers, and toes are being crossed in the Chartier household, as well as positive thoughts and prayers are being sent your way that you get better real soon. Please be careful and take good care of yourself. Have a talk with your two wonderful nurses, Luna and Lily and tell them not to be Naw-Tee and that they need to take care of you for a while.
Please keep us posted. --- {{{{HUGS}}}} Meg and the Cats
Kirsten,
Please take care of yourself. You will be in my prayers. May Lily and Luna BEHAVE and take good care of you.
Johanna
how scary! i'm sorry this is happening to you. be very careful and take good care of yourself {{{hugs}}}
I know how hard a long term illness can be...
I pray you feel better and can go on with life again soon!!!! The kitties need you!
Warm thoughts and hugz to you!
Kristen, you there?
We'd sure like an update - I hope you're not in the hospital.
Thanks everyone for this overwhelming response! You're the best! (((HUGS)))
I'm still at home, and I'm okay, more or less. I miss working with the comp or being on the internet.
Strange thing is, as long as I'm in motion, the pain is bearable, but sitting for more than a couple of minutes is very painful.
I try to answer everyone's questions as good as possible:
Yes, Luna and Lily are good nurses, especially Luna is very sweet. Since I got so ill, she would come and lay down on my chest all the time and purr. Maybe she feels something's wrong in my back and she wants me to help with her purring. She's so cute.
I have friends who help me with some errands, for example lifting heavy things like cat litter bags. But I'm doing most of the house work stuff myself. I cannot ask someone to be there for me 24/7. Besides, I HATE the feeling of losing control over these things, so I keep doing it.
Barbara, that's encouraging that your co-worker got much better after an antibiotics-treatment! This is what they will give to me as well when the MRI confirms the spondylodiscitis. I also might need a punction of the abscess, just in case there IS an abscess already.
Besides, I forgot to mention one thing: The x-ray that have been done yesterday showed that two vertebras in my lower back are "rubbing" against each other; the disk between them is basically missing. Guess this is something I have to live with but I figure that is also causing a lot of the pain I have... :(
Again, thank you very much for your get well-wishes and prayers!! It's very appreciated!
Kirsten
All the best of luck, Kirsten. I very much hope a treatment can start soon and give you some relief from the pain.
In the meantime please take it as easy as you possibly can. Let your furry nurses lie around with you as much as possible. All that purring must surely help! I'll be thinking of you.
So GOOD to hear from you Kirsten!!!! As for the above situation, I also have that only in my neck and a combination of strengthening exercises and a home traction unit has been a wonderful help!!! Those vertabrae touching is agony! ((((Kirsten)))) Let's just hope and pray that the antibiotics will clear up the other problem that may or may not even exist!! So sorry about the chronic pain - it is awful to live with!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Kirsten
two vertebras in my lower back are "rubbing" against each other; the disk between them is basically missing. Guess this is something I have to live with but I figure that is also causing a lot of the pain I have
Still, so GOOD to hear an update from you!!!
Continued love, blessings and prayers,
Debbie
Kirsten, I only now saw your posting. I'm so very sorry you are in so much pain. Prayers and get well wishes are on their way for your recovery.
Please let us know how you're doing.
You poor thing, Kristen. :(
I hope and pray your doctors can make you all better and you wont have to have this pain anymore.
((HUGS))
Thanks! :) PT is such a wonderful place of comfort and encouragment!!! :)
Debbie, I'm sorry you have to deal with that problem in your neck! :( I can relate to that very well! :( Glad that the exercises make you feel better!
To be honest, I'm glad that I have my girls!! They are such a huge pleasure and comfort, and there's so much positive energy coming from them. Since people in real life have often been a disappointment to me lately, I'm really happy and thankful to have the girls in my life. I love them soo much!
Kirsten
Gotta love furry friends!!! I'm glad they are a comfort to you!
Thinking of you, and praying for you. So glad your little furry nurses are so helpful. Purrs and headbumpies from my little crew, too. {{{hugs}}}
They may even do a punction to define the sort of bacteria that caused the spondylodiscitis. So it's easier for them to find out what meds to give!
Take care and really make sure you notice what's going on! And go to the hospital if notice anything unusual!
Oh Kirsten I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope and pray that everything will be okay and you'll be back 100% soon.
Glad to know your little nurses are on the job.
Please take care.
Oh, I hope not, because that would mean I definitely have to stay in hospital again, right? And when I'm thinking of the horrible headaches that I had for 10 days after the last punction - no thanks! :(Quote:
They may even do a punction to define the sort of bacteria that caused the spondylodiscitis.
Kirsten
Dear Kirsten;
I am so sorry that you have to go through this.
You will be in my prayers and my thoughts.
And special headbupies coming your way from Mishka
~Agnes
Dear Kirstin, I just saw this thread or I would have responded sooner.
You can be sure that you have my prayers for your health.
I am just so sorry that you have to deal with any kind of pain at all.
Thank goodness you have your babies with you........I know they are a huge comfort and give you as much love as they can unconditionally.
Sweet lady, please take good good care of yourself and keep us posted on your progress.
I'm sorry that this is a physically and eemotionally exausting time for you. I'm sure that the specialists can figure out what is wrong. So Nikki, Daisy, and myself will be praying VERY hard for you.
Kirsten, Hoping the MRI brings some good news, and that you get over this latest hurdle quickly. Back problems are so hard to deal with, and I'm glad you have some help at least lugging heavy stuff around. And also glad Lily & Luna are there to give you little kitty massages and love! :) Hang in there!! Jan
Dear Kirsten, I am so sorry to hear about your illness ::(:(
Sending you all the healing prayers that I can muster.
Get better REAL soon!!!!!!
Kirsten i am so sorry to hear you are not well. :( Prayers and hugs are on the way for you. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Kirsten,
I'm sorry you are going through this right now. I just saw this thread as I hardly ever go into the general section. I am praying for your speedy recovery! :cool:
Thanks a lot! :)
Here's a little update:
I don't know why, but actually I'm feeling a bit better these days (maybe all the PT prayers have helped :)). I'm not pain free, but the pain has kind of changed, if you know what I mean. It's easier for me to sit and move now, and I was out for a walk today - 8 kilometers, and it went very well. I hope it continues improving.
Maybe I'm lucky and the doctors are wrong about the spondylodiscitis. However, I will have the MRI on Wednesday to find out. But I hope it's something else! My theory is that when I had to stay in bed for so long when I was in hospital, that the muscles around my "touching" vertebras have gotten weak so that the entire area got so sensitive that it has affected a nerve. Well, at least I hope it's something like this.
I'll keep you updated! :)
Kirsten
Kirsten, I am glad to read that you are in less pain and were able to get out and walk today and build up your back muscles.
I hope the news from your MRI shows you don't have something as serious as spondylodiscitis. But whatever it is you will have the benefit of knowing and be able to plan the best course to take.
{{HUGS}} and pets for the nursing staff. I hope your improvement continues.
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better. I'll keep you in mind for your MRI on Wednsday!
I have been thinking of you. I'm glad you are feeling bettter!
So sorry I didn't respond sooner. Somehow, I missed this thread.
i'm VERY sorry you've been through so much pain, but glad to hear you've been feeling better lately. Lets hope it keeps that way, and the only changes are for the better.
Gentle {{hugs}} for you and those precious kitties. :)
Kirsten, I'm really happy to hear that you are feeling better! I hope your MRI goes real good. You have two feline nurses in Lily & Luna to help you along.
Kirsten,
I'm really glad that you are feeling better. I will be keeping you in my prayers for a GREAT result on your MRI on Wednesday.
(((HUGS)))
Julie
Good luck with your back troubles. My BF had a ruptured disk, no fun. A combination of physical therapy, chiropractic and shiatsu seemed to keep it in check. I hope it's not an infection! If motion makes it feel better, that may be a good sign.
{{hugz}} and head bumpies from Peekskill, USA.
Glad you are feeling somewhat better, Kirsten. Thank you for the update, hang in there!!!;)
Kirsten, I'm so glad to hear that you're feeling a little better.:) Hopefully you'll be able to become pain free again and that the MRI doesn't show anything seriously wrong with you. Prayers and positive thoughts are still being sent your way. Please take care. {{{HUGS}}}
Kirsten so sorry to hear of your illness - it sounds so painful for you and I'm sending thoughts and prayers across the miles to you. {{{Hugs}}}}
Hopefully the easing of the pain could be a good sign and maybe your beginning to heal - I'll be keeping you in my thoughts on Wednesday and hope it's good results from the MRI scan.
Lynne
Kristen,
I'm sorry I've missed this thread:(
I hope that your still feeling better and I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
{{{HUGS}}}
Anna